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La Maschera Di Cera-LuxAde

Label - Bloodfish Music
Reviewed by: Kevin Cloe
Genre: Prog Rock
Country: Italian
Language: English
Length: 62:25
Release Date: 4-4-06
Label:
Bloodfish Music
Band Members: Alessandro Corvaglia / lead voice, acoustic guitar Maurizio Di Tollo / drums, percussion
  Agostino Macor / keyboards, theremin Andrea Monetti / flute, recorder, saxophone
  Fabio Zuffanti / bass, bass pedals, choirs
     
  Programma I Programma II
Track Listing: 1.)- Porta del Cielo (1:10) 6.)-Enciclica 1168 (24:29)
  2.)- Doppia Immagine (7:49) scena I: preludio (gennaio 17)
  3.)- Un Senso All'impossible (10:18) scena II: caduta / visione
  i) teatro di follia scena III: delitto
  ii) il ricordo scena IV: coscienza
  4.)-Orpheus (4:45) scena V: canto pagano / metamorfosi
  5.)- Nuova Luce (10:13) scena VI: dopo la pioggia
  i) passato scena VII: sterminio
  ii) sogno scena VIII: lumen in coelo
  iii) presente scena IX: postludio ( "così in alto è come in basso" )
  iv) realtà 7.)Schema (v.s.d.) (3:41)
The Review

One of my favorite genres within prog rock is the early 70's Italian prog. But do you ever listen to those old Italian prog cds and love the music when it is symphonic, but wish they had laid off the weird experimentation and noises/dissonance sometimes? When Le Orme and Banco really wanted to, they could make some amazing, beautiful music. But they both liked to throw in this obnoxious, dissonant material that you have to listen through to get to the better parts. Eventually, one can become used to the experimentation or even like it, but I always loved the Italian progressive era for its more symphonic and jazzy moments that were melodic. Well this band does just that. It is all majestic, symphonic music in the old Italian style with no dissonance. You want disgusting amounts of mellotron (both choir and strings)? You want old school, driving organ? You want expressive singer in the old Italian style (maybe like the band Odissea or Locanda Delle Fate)? You want the best moog sound EVER? You got it. This cd has it all.

There was some serious hype about this release, and for once, it is well deserved. The band has 2 previous releases to their credit that were great but a little uneven. This cd is solid all the way through. Songs range from 3:42 to about 25 minutes in length. Keyboards rule the day, and the sound is really vintage. In fact, I don't think I've ever heard a moog this perfect. Melodies are superb, and singer Alessandro Corvaglia sings and yells his heart out, showing he has a great expressive range despite his rather rough-sounding quality. As usual, flute also plays a very prominent role, and the band is not afraid to get somewhat jazzy (in a good way, not dissonant). Also - did I mention mellotron? Lots.

My only complaint is the fuzz bass. There is a lot, and some love it - I'm not the biggest fan. But with all that is going on here, I can overlook that one fault. Also there is some dissonance for a couple minutes in Enciclica 1168 (the long one) around 17:00. Those 2 minor complaints aside - this is a near perfect release. Highly recommended and absolutely essential if you like Italian prog.

Rating: 4.5 stars

 

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